can anyone tell me what the approx weight of a dry essex engine block is ? without all the fruit on it. I am getting one sent from Melbourne and they wanted to know the approx weight - i said about 30kg - does this sound about right ? for the dimensions i put 50cm x 50cm x 50cm on a pallet. The quote i got seems very cheap tho, so thought i would double check before hitting the go button

regards Paul

I reckon closer to about 60kg . Friggin heavy . I recon about 2 bags of cement. But if you're paying freight id say 30kg lol

really - that heavy ? i'm talking without pistons or heads ect - geez if its that heavy i better at least say about 50kg's then just to be safe. I dont want the bloke turning up and then ringing me saying its twice the weight ! thanks

Paul

I just dropped off a bare 1600 block to the machinists, and it would be around 30kgs I reckon. A V6 block would be 50-60kgs easy, they are a heavy beasty. I have a bare one in the shed and it took two of us to put it there.

Cheers

Jamie

Approximate dimensions of a bare V6 block:

H: 320mm (without main caps)
W: 410mm
L: 450mm

Just out of interest the reason why I think the V6 blocks is so dam heavy is because it was designed by Ford to be both petrol and diesel...... Does anyone know what they weigh complete? Just wondering....